* SOLEAU SOFTWARE PRESENTS *
BOLO BALL
(2.0)
______________________________
Programed by William Soleau
Version 2.0 Feb.94
(c) 1992
Requirements: EGA/VGA
Files Needed:
Boloball.exe Boloball.ov1 Boloball.ov3
Boloball.ov0 Boloball.ov2 Boloball.jft
* Directions *
The objective of Bolo Ball is quite simple. Starting from
the top row you try to push your 29 balls down a maze so that
they reach the bottom row. The farther down you can get them,
the higher the score. You play against the computer who will
play the RED balls and you will play the Blue.
The game board is a 29x18 grid. In this grid there are several
different obstacles that you will want to use to your advantage.
They are:
Blue Arrow Tiles: These are ramps that will make the ball
travel in the direction of the arrow.
Once a ball has hit a ramp and moves off
it, the arrow will flip itself to the
opposite direction for the next player's
turn.
Yellow Bonus Tiles: These will add ten points to your total
score. They will not affect the path or
direction of the ball.
Gray Tiles: These tiles will stop the ball if they
obstruct the ball's path. When all the
balls have been pushed by both players,
these gray tiles will be removed and the
balls that are above them will continue
to gather points as they descend toward
the bottom row. (The game is won or lost
in most cases by the points gained once
these gray tiles are removed!)
Purple Tiles: These purple tiles (ramps on level three
of the long game version), rotate randomly.
The ball will move in the direction of
the arrow at the time of contact.
Black Holes: There are five tiles that are called
Black Holes. If a ball hits one of these
black and white tiles, it will disappear
and resume its journey from another one
of the four remaining Black Holes.
* Long and Short Games *
There are two types of games you can play in Bolo Ball.
One is the short version that ends after only one level, and
the long version which has three levels. The computer is hard
to beat playing the long version, but it's a lot more fun!
* Scoring *
Point totals are located on the bottom row of the screen.
A ball that reaches the bottom row will be awarded 60 points.
Each ball that remains on the grid board, will show its value
(2 points per row). This will automatically be added to your
total score.
* Key Definitions *
Arrow keys move your man right or left along the top of the
game grid. The down arrow key will push a ball onto the game
board.
<S>ound Toggle : Turns sound on or off
<L>ook at opponents top row : Used to view where your
opponents balls are when its
your turn. (Helps for strategy
...blocking...etc...)
<B>est Scores vs Computer : Shows Top Ten High Scores for
winners of both Long and Short
games.
<K>ey Menu : Shows Key Definitions
<ESC> New Game : Allows you to give up present
game and begin a new one.
<Q>uit Bolo Ball : Quits Program
* NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
Running Bolo Ball from Windows may cause unexpected results. The
game should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt.
* S O L E A U S O F T W A R E *
Bolo Ball is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give
this game to your friends or local BBS. If you like Bolo Ball and
continue to use it, we ask you to register the game with us.
Soleau Software depends on your registrations in order to continue
providing an alternative to expensive commercial software. The
registered version of Bolo Ball greatly speeds up the loading and
exiting of the program, plus allows you to play against another
human opponent.
Your $12.00 registration of Bolo Ball will instantly make you a
Soleau Software Member. All members receive special discounts on
our other games through special bonus package offers sent with your
disk. Members also have the option to include an extra $6.00
dollars for our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of our most popular
Shareware EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy Disk.
This offer is for Members Only, so please take the time to read the
Bbal_reg.doc file for details and register Bolo Ball today !
We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
Sincerely,
William Soleau
President
Soleau Software
163 Amsterdam Avenue
Suite 213
New York, NY 10023